. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/333 
17 June 2010  
 (10-3286) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN UNION
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/
  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Chemicals.       
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006  of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 
(REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Acrylamide) (4 pages, in English).      
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Regulation represents a new entry in 
Annex XVII to REACH.  It restricts the placing on the market and use of acrylamide in 
grouting applications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Within the framework of the Regulation ( EEC) No 793/93, the risk assessment identified 
risks for human health and the environment fro m the use of acrylamide in grouts for small 
and large applications. The risk reduction strategy adopted in Commission recommendation 
2004/394/EC proposed a restriction on the marketing and use of acrylamide in grouts for 
small and large-scale use.  The objective of the draft Commission Regulation is to reduce 
the identified risks in order to achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment and to establish harmonised rules throughout the Union to avoid barriers to 
intra-Community trade in products containing acrylamide.  G/TBT/N/EEC/333 
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8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:SOM:EN:HTML
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      January 2011   
  18 months after its adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
  
And can also be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/eec/10_2395_00_e.pdf